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Los Angeles City Council Passes $40 Million Universal Basic Income Pilot Program

October 27, 2021 2:15 amOctober 26, 2021 9:18 pm

The Los Angeles City Council approved a pilot universal income program on Tuesday, appropriating nearly $40 million to test out a one year program. For the last several years, several Californian cities have passed and have even run universal basic...

New Movements To Recall LA County DA George Gascon Likely To Return Early Next Year

October 26, 2021 4:18 pmOctober 27, 2021 6:29 am

A new movement to recall Los Angeles County District Attorney will likely begin sometime next year as the current effort falls short on the eve of the October 27th deadline. Throughout 2021, California has seen several recall efforts garner enough...

Ports of LA, Long Beach To Start Charging Shipping Companies If Containers Are Not Moved Out Of Port Quickly

October 26, 2021 11:29 am

According to a statement by the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Monday, shipping companies are to receive large fines if their cargo stays too long on port grounds, with storage areas for containers rapidly shrinking in the...

Another Union Ouster: Los Angeles XPO Logistics Employees Free of Unwanted Teamsters Union

October 25, 2021 12:09 pm

It’s Deja vu all over again, as the great Yogi Bera once famously said. In California, we have a near repeat of the ousted labor union case in Ventura that the Globe covered last month, where the employees submitted a...

Dock Workers Warned Officials of Potential Port Backlog Crisis; Maintain It’s Not Their Fault

October 22, 2021 3:42 pmOctober 22, 2021 9:56 pm

Dockworkers, represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), said on Friday that the port crisis is not their fault and that heightened measures, such as the National Guard being deployed to some ports, will not help alleviate the...

Governor Newsom Signs Executive Order to Alleviate Shipping Crisis at SoCal Ports

October 21, 2021 2:22 amOctober 20, 2021 8:39 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom signed an Executive Order on Wednesday aimed at alleviating California’s massive cargo congestion situation by increasing cargo space, creating better flow and ease of movement for all steps of the unloading and trucking processes, and identifying the...

Federally Indicted LA Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas Suspended By City Council

October 20, 2021 8:21 pmOctober 22, 2021 7:09 am

The Los Angeles City Council voted 11-3 to suspend federally indicted City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas on Wednesday, barring the Councilman from all Council meetings, constituent services, pay, and unable to use Council funds of any sort. Ridley-Thomas was indicted on...